Apex Legends\u2019 once dominant gun is now \u201cbasically throwing\u201d if you pick it Respawn EntertainmentThe R-99 SMG\u2019s descent into madness has Apex Legends fans furious, as some players plainly state it \u201csucks\u201d and question its worth in its current state. Since it arrived in 2019, Apex Legends has consistently been a balancing act for Respawn Entertainment, with new weapons and metas forcing the developers to create the perfect balance. However, the balancing act has seen casualties, the R-99 being a perfect example of that sentiment. What was once a dominant SMG has now converted into a \u201claughingstock\u201d in the loot pool since the weapon is a shell of itself twenty seasons later. The Apex Legends community has kept tabs on how low the mighty weapon has fallen, with one player lighting up the gun in a scathing post. \u201cThe R-99 sucks,\u201d the player simply stated before they followed up with: \u201cDoes anyone even pick up this gun?\u201d The rest of the post details the gun\u2019s turbulent history, as magazine buffs were countered by removing the digital threat sight capability and decreasing the damage. \u201cI understand that it was dominating against all the other weapons, but holy hell it\u2019s so bad that if you pick it up, you\u2019re basically throwing the match,\u201d OP ended the post. Apex Legends players around the web gathered around to share their thoughts on the fallen soldier, as players shared more viable options in the Volt, C.A.R, and L-STAR, although the C.A.R does bear some minor hiccups fans aren\u2019t too pleased with. \u201cUseable off drop. That\u2019s about it,\u201d one player briefly commented. Another replied: \u201cThe RE-45 is better. Oh, the times have changed.\u201d As many of the replies mentioned, the R-99 dominated lobbies for quite some time, so its current state isn\u2019t the worst outcome possible. However, it would be nice to have all weapons be viable, although that\u2019s quite the challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends\u2019 once dominant gun is now \u201cbasically throwing\u201d if you pick it Respawn EntertainmentThe R-99 SMG\u2019s descent into madness has Apex Legends fans furious, as some players plainly state it \u201csucks\u201d and question its worth in its current state. Since it arrived in 2019, Apex Legends has consistently been a balancing act for Respawn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}